Uta Wehn is Associate Professor of Water Innovation Studies and head of the Knowledge & Innovation Studies Development group at IHE Delft and the Adlerbert Visiting Professor of Marine Citizen Science for Sustainable Development at the University of Gothenburg. She is a social scientist from the field of science, technology & innovation studies, with a background in ICTs, drawing on more than 20 years of combined industrial, research and international development experience. Her work at the intersection of data and knowledge co-creation, digital innovations and water and environment focuses on the social dynamics of innovation and how to harness digital transformations for participatory environmental governance and sustainable development. She coordinated AfriAlliance - the Africa-EU Innovation Alliance for Water and Climate (H2020, 2016-2021) in which 16 EU and African partners, consisting of scientists, decision makers, practitioners, civil society, and other key stakeholders, consolidated existing networks into an effective, problem-focused innovation platform.